Watching mother apply make-up

[heathr1]

Who else did this while young?

My mother often chatted with me while she stood at the mirror applying it.

[TommiTN]

I did when I was very young. As I got older Mom thought it was weird and wouldn't let me watch anymore.

[heathr1]

I also remember one evening when I was about 16.

She had come back from a make-up party at a friend's house where she had a make-over and she asked what I thought of her make-up looks.

[Joy Carter]

I was always interested in her make up. Them smells were just so sweet. The lipstick in the fifties tasted great. I'm sure it must have been made of some kind of endangered, species, that's why it changed.

[Donna tv]

Ditto for me too. I was just facsinated with my Mom's lipstick. I always hopped that 1 day she would ask me if I would like to put some on. She never did but wow what a secret we would have had between us.

[Anna the Dub]

One of my earliest memories is watching my Ma put her make up on. I was fascinated, especially with the lipstick. After she was finished applying it, I wanted a go, and she wouldn't let me. I was a very upset 3 yr old.

[Teddie]

Oh yes. I can remember laying on my parents bed while my mother got ready to go out. I loved watching her apply her make up.

[chrissietoo]

Oh yes. I can remember laying on my parents bed while my mother got ready to go out. I loved watching her apply her make up.

Yes, exactly!! Me too! They had a large bedroom with a vanity and all that, and I would always hang around when she was getting ready.

Later, in my early teens, I used to watch my friend's sister get ready for her waitress job after school. I became totally entranced then, and she loved the attention. She'd take a half and hour or more, and we'd talk while she did her hair, eyes, lips....even shaved her legs sometimes. I was so happy with her there in her bathroom!
:o

[deja true]

...I'm sure it must have been made of some kind of endangered, species, that's why it changed.

As a matter of fact it was. Mostly outlawed now, but whale blubber was a main ingredient in many cosmetics before the 1960's.

Um...pearly shimmery stuff in some lipsticks and eyeshadows is made of ground fish scales...

Sorry!

:eek:

[Christinedreamer]

The glitter is pulverized fish scales and the red dye is crushed beetles. The browns and blacks in makeup come from various combinations of iron, and iron oxide--rust.

To think we pay top dollar for rust!

[trannie T]

I often watched my mother put on her full makeup. It took her all of five seconds, all she ever wore was lipstick. I had to learn elsewhere.

[Jaclyn NM]

I loved watching my mother apply her makeup, especially her lipstick. If I could, I would wear makeup every day.

[Deborah Jane]

I used to love watching my mum doing her makeup, i also used to find any excuse to watch my ex wife doing hers too!!
It,s the easiest way to learn sometimes!!



To think we pay top dollar for rust!

We aren,t the only ones....You should see the cars some people buy :doh:

[Jilmac]

I didn't watch my mom do her makeup but I did watch my sisters and they always made it look so easy. The one I watched the most though, was my wife. It was almost a ritual for her. Oh how I wish she would have been supportive of my dressing. I would have loved it for her to give me pointers because she was so good at it. But alas, I no longer have her so I have to fend for myself. After all the times watching her, I still can't get it right.:sad:

[Kate Simmons]

Well, all my Mom ever wore was lipstick and that was only when she and Dad went out or she went to church. I actually learned how to apply makeup by watching my wife.:)